Events in April 2022
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March 30, 2022(2 events)
9:00 am: Behind The Scenes | Nursing at BDP9:00 am: Behind The Scenes | Nursing at BDP – 
Online Did you know that BDP employs nurses? We do everything from being a gentle ear, helping people manage chronic diseases, harm reduction to managing emergencies. Often it’s the people who need healthcare the most who struggle the most to receive it. This webinar talks through what we do and how we try to address the inequalities in healthcare provision homeless people experience. 1:00 pm: Being a Scottish Early Career Researcher in the drugs research field1:00 pm: Being a Scottish Early Career Researcher in the drugs research field – 
Online Being a Scottish Early Career Researcher in the drugs research field: Creating the best conditions for an ECR to flourish. The Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) is planning an online session run by and for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the field in Scotland to create a space for people to think and discuss their successes, challenges, and needs as ECRs. |
March 31, 2022(2 events)
12:30 pm: Alcohol Occasionals 2022 - Minimum Unit Pricing12:30 pm: Alcohol Occasionals 2022 - Minimum Unit Pricing – Join Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) online on Thursday 31 March from 12.30-14.00 BST for our first SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022. Dr Elena Dimova (Glasgow Caledonian University) will present her research 'Minimum Unit Pricing: Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Homeless Drinkers, Street Drinkers and Service Providers' and we will then open to Q+A and wider discussion. 4:00 pm: Forward Enterprise Club – Women in Enterprise4:00 pm: Forward Enterprise Club – Women in Enterprise – 
Online Forward’s Enterprise Club is a peer networking event with opportunities to promote the services of your enterprise and support each other with the challenges and successes of starting and running a successful business. Chaired by Stephen Anderson, Enterprise Coach at Forward, this event will have a special focus on Women in Enterprise and features presentations by two guest speakers who will be sharing their business journey in addition to providing some useful tips on how to make your business succeed. |
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April 4, 2022(1 event)
1:00 pm: BETTER THAN WELL – The UK’s first University-led Collegiate Recovery Program for Addiction1:00 pm: BETTER THAN WELL – The UK’s first University-led Collegiate Recovery Program for Addiction – Join Dr Ed Day and Luke Trainor at the IMH April Lunchtime Webinar. This presentation will review the background and supporting evidence base for Collegiate Recovery Programs, before describing the process of development of Better Than Well through the eyes of some of its participants. We will then lay out a potential research agenda for evaluating its impact in Birmingham and beyond. |
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April 13, 2022(1 event)
10:00 am: AcoRN Webinar: Alcohol Availability - Research Design & Data10:00 am: AcoRN Webinar: Alcohol Availability - Research Design & Data – 
Online The UK-Ireland Alcohol Research Network (AcoRN) would like to invite you to its third webinar, which will be held via Zoom on Wednesday 13th April from 10-11:30am. The webinar will be focused on the availability of alcohol and feature the following inputs: • An overview of recent and current policy developments across the island of Ireland, Dr. Joanna Purdy (Public Health Ireland) • Data and research designs to better understand the impact of alcohol availability on harms and inequalities, Prof. Niamh Shortt (University of Edinburgh) and Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald (University of Stirling). • This will include an exploration of data sources on alcohol availability, how they can be linked to harms and inequalities in local areas, and the latest research on how opening hours influence harms. |
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April 19, 2022(1 event)
7:00 pm: Psychedelics and the Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics7:00 pm: Psychedelics and the Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics – 
Online Certain psychedelic states can give rise to alternate metaphysical beliefs, such as the recently-researched psychedelic-induced shift from physicalism to panpsychism (that minds are ubiquitous in Nature). Whilst some may see these shifts as delusions, there are logical reasons to keep an open mind as we do not yet agree upon any answer to the mind-matter problem: the question as to what relation the ‘mind’ has to ‘matter’. Philosopher of mind and metaphysician Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes (University of Exeter) will consider issues with the standard Western approach to the mind-matter problem, which in turn will lead to the opening of possibilities of other metaphysical systems (such as Spinozism). This in turn will offer new natural frameworks for fathoming psychedelic experiences. |
April 20, 2022(1 event)
12:30 pm: SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals 2022 - Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice12:30 pm: SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals 2022 - Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice – Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite you to join us online on Wednesday 20 April from 12.30-14.00 BST (UK time) for our second SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2022. |
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April 27, 2022(2 events)
1:00 pm: DRNS Information Session: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy1:00 pm: DRNS Information Session: Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy – 
Online DRNS is hosting an online information session discussing psychedelic-assisted therapy within substance use treatment. The event will include a presentation on the subject by Dr James Hawkins and Dr Jake Hawthorn, as well as an opportunity Q&A. The talk will summarise the current evidence on the effectiveness of psychedelic-assisted treatments for drug related problems. Ketamine, MDMA, ayahuasca and psilocybin have all been studied for at least some of alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, cannabis and opioid use disorders. As so often, this emerging research generates as many questions as answers, so the presenters will also consider areas in this field that it would be fascinating and helpful to research further. We hope this talk will offer people a chance to become further involved in keeping up to date with emerging evidence, through the Psychedelic Health Professionals Network; as well as those who may with to get involved in conducting research with the Scottish Psychedelic Research Group. 6:00 pm: Take Drugs Seriously: Training Event6:00 pm: Take Drugs Seriously: Training Event – 
Waterlooville Join us for a free interactive training session for anyone wishing to learn more about how you can get involved in reforming the UK’s drug laws. We will be looking at how we can campaign together to show our politicians that the public increasingly supports reform. We will provide you with all the skills you need to campaign for change. The event will include short presentations from Jane Slater, Transform’s Deputy CEO, Hilary Mills and Dave Tebbet campaigners with Anyone’s Child The training will be suitable for new activists. It will cover the basics of how to confidently make the case for legal regulation, how to find common ground with your MP, linking policy to the issues that matter to people, and how to respond to challenging concerns. The session will be participatory, and we will be providing practical advice and materials to use when campaigning. |
April 28, 2022(1 event)
2:00 pm: Gender and substance use: Thinking beyond the binary2:00 pm: Gender and substance use: Thinking beyond the binary – 
Online Event ISSUP Global invite you to attend our upcoming Webinar on Gender and Substance Use. This webinar will summarise and critically appraise the extant research on substance use among transgender and non-binary people. Dr Connolly will make recommendations for clinical practice, policy, and research while highlighting the need for cultural competence and gold-standard measures of gender (modality). |
April 29, 2022(1 event)
1:00 pm: SDF Webinar – Workforce Challenges for Drug and Alcohol Services in 20221:00 pm: SDF Webinar – Workforce Challenges for Drug and Alcohol Services in 2022 – 
Online Event Due to the public health emergency in relation to drug deaths, the necessary expansion and development of services to deliver the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards and the emphasis on providing trauma informed and ACE aware care in Scotland, it is crucial that the drug and alcohol workforce, both specialist and non-specialist, and those in other professions working with people who use drugs, are appropriately equipped to support people, and respond effectively to the challenges. This webinar will explore the themes from the recent Scottish Government mixed methods study evaluating issues concerning the drugs and alcohol workforce in Scotland. |
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